Two reasons I choose usgt, real bodies (haha, two bodies really) and not spending $50 a race weekend on tires. Buying a tire warmer kind of defeats my reasoning. I’m new so I’ll get them soft and will see if I get the hammer, probably not as I won’t be a threat for a podium for a while 😬
Originally Posted by
trigger
I too am trying to understand the tires a bit. I was running with pretty new tires and a local recommended I run the tires on a tire sander a bit. I also noticed a faster racer using tire warmers even on a warm cali day. The tires are a fairly hard compound so the warmers get them to operating range earlier. I was off the pace the first minute but after the tires lit up, I was able to keep pace with the lead pack.